# VICTORY POLISHING & PLATING CO., INC.
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `90`
- **Case Number:** 01-1985-0002
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $67K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VICTORY POLISHING & PLATING CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CIVIL ACTION SEEKS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND PENALTIES UNDER SECTIONS 309(B) AND (D) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1319(B) & (D), AGAINST VICTORY POLISHING & PLATING CO. FOR   VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL PRETRMT STDS TO WHICH DEF IS SUBJECT   AS INDUSTRIAL USER OF A POTW.                                SYNOPSIS:                                                         VICTORY DISCHARGES APPROX. 150,000 GPD OF INDUSTRIAL    WSTWTR FROM ITS ELECTROPLATING & POLISHING FACILITY IN PROVI DENCE, RI, TO A POTW LOCATED AT FIELDS POINT IN PROVIDENCE,  WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION (NBC).  THIS POTW HAS BEEN OPERATING UNDER AN EPA-APPROVED PRETRMT   PGM SINCE 9/14/84.                                                HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF CN, CU, NI, & ZN IN DEF'S DSCHGE VIOLATE THE ELECTROPLATING NATIONAL CATEGORICAL STDS (40     CFR PART 413), WHILE ITS LOW PH VIOLATES THE SPECIFIC PRO-   HIBITIONS OF THE NAT'L PROHIBITED DSCHGE STDS (40 CFR SECT   403.5(B)(2)).  IN ADDN, VICTORY HAS FAILED TO COMPLY W/THE   MONITORING & REPORTING REQ'S OF THE GEN. PRETRMT REGS (40    CFR SECT 403.12).                                                 VICTORY DOES JOB SHOP ELECTROPLATING & POLISHING OF COS TUME JEWELRY & NOVELTIES.  IT IS ENGAGED PRIMARILY IN NI,    CU, BRASS, & ZN PLATING.  AS OF DATE OF REFERRAL, DEF DOES   NOT PRETREAT ITS WSTWTRS BEFORE DISCHG'G TO THE NBC SEWER    SYSTEM.                                                           THE REGION BELIEVES THAT A CIVIL ACT

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